Units 31-35

Question 1

expiate, v.

Answer 1

to atone for

Question 2

explicate, v.

Answer 2

to explain; interpret; clarify

Question 3

expository, adj.

Answer 3

explanatory

Question 4

*extant, adj.

Answer 4

in existence; not lost

Question 5

extemporaneous, adj.

Answer 5

unrehearsed

Question 6

extirpate, v.

Answer 6

to root up; to destroy

Question 7

*extraneous, adj.

Answer 7

not essential

Question 8

*extrapolation, n.

Answer 8

the act of estimation by projecting known information

Question 9

extrinsic, adj.

Answer 9

not inherent or essential

Question 10

*facetious, adj.

Answer 10

humorous

Question 11

facilitate, v.

Answer 11

to make less difficult

Question 12

factotum, n.

Answer 12

a person who does all sort of work; a handyman

Question 13

*fallacious, adj.

Answer 13

based on a false idea or fact; misleading

Question 14

fallow, adj.

Answer 14

plowed by not sowed; uncultivated

Question 15

*fatuous, adj.

Answer 15

foolishly self-satisfied

Question 16

fauna, n.

Answer 16

animals of a period or region

Question 17

fawning, adj.

Answer 17

seeking favor by flattering

Question 18

*felicitous, adj.

Answer 18

suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

Question 19

feral, adj.

Answer 19

existing in a wild or untamed state

Question 20

fervor, n.

Answer 20

warmth and intensity of emotion

Question 21

fetid, adj.

Answer 21

having a bad smell

Question 22

fetter, v.

Answer 22

to bind; confine

Question 23

fiat, n.

Answer 23

arbitrary order; authorization; a formal authorization or proposition; a decree

Question 24

fidelity, n.

Answer 24

loyalty; exact correspondence

Question 25

filibuster, n.

Answer 25

use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law

Question 26

finesse, v.

Answer 26

to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance

Question 27

fissure, n.

Answer 27

crevice

Question 28

flag, v.

Answer 28

to droop; grow weak

Question 29

*fledgling, n.

Answer 29

beginner; novice

Question 30

flora, n.

Answer 30

plants of a region or era

Question 31

florid, adj.

Answer 31

ruddy; reddish; flowery

ruddy, adj., (of a person’s face) having a healthy red color; having a reddish color. British (informal), used as a euphemism for “bloody.”

Question 32

flourish, n.

Answer 32

en embellishment or ornamentation

Question 33

flout, v.

Answer 33

to treat scornfully

Question 34

flux, n.

Answer 34

flowing; a continuous moving

Question 35

*foment, v.

Answer 35

to incite; arouse

Question 36

forbearance, n.

Answer 36

patience

Question 37

*forestall, v.

Answer 37

to prevent; delay

Question 38

formidable, adj.

Answer 38

menacing; threatening

Question 39

forswear, v.

Answer 39

renounce; repudiate

Question 40

founder, v.

Answer 40

to sink; fail; collapse

Question 41

fracas, n.

Answer 41

a loud quarrel; brawl

Question 42

*fractious, adj.

Answer 42

quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

Question 43

fresco, n.

Answer 43

a painting done on plaster

Question 44

frieze, n.

Answer 44

ornamental band on a wall

Question 45

froward, adj.

Answer 45

stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

Question 46

*frugality, n.

Answer 46

thrift

Question 47

*fulminate, v.

Answer 47

to attack loudly; denounce

Question 48

fulsome, adj.

Answer 48

so excessive as to be disgusting

Question 49

fusion, adj.

Answer 49

union; synthesis

Question 50

futile, adj.

Answer 50

ineffective; useless; fruitless